Making $77,000 in NYC Gets You a 275-Square-Foot Apartment
By: Matthew Sedacca | Published: 2025-08-07 18:10:00 | Source: www.curbed.com
Making the median household income in New York City and wanting to live in “affordable” housing means you’ll have to settle for a glorified broom closet in Manhattan.
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It perhaps goes without saying that the typical New Yorker’s salary won’t get you much in terms of actual living space, but now we can say exactly how little it gets you. According to some number crunching at the New York Times, if you’re hoping to spend less than 30 percent of your income on housing (the threshold of what’s considered “affordable”), the median household income in New York…
